The Struggle Is Real: Keyshia Cole Signs Up As Uber Driver To Finance Album

Submitted by Dick Kannon on Mon, 06/29/2015 - 21:58

Apparently selling fish dinners isn't enough. In order to help finance her newest album and release it independently, Keyshia Cole has reportedly signed up as an Uber driver. Avoiding traditional routes such as Kickstarter or GoFundMe, Cole will be getting up close and personal with fans to supplement income that would have come from her last cd which sold only 43,000 copies worldwide.

Music sales strategist Carl Fienstien called the idea genius.

"Keyshia is at a pivitol moment in her career where she can take complete control of how she releases her art because no one is paying attention"

Despite announcing twice during the 2015 BET Awards that she would be releasing an album, Twitter seemed to hardly notice: